Word: yearning
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...unremittingly in her career. For her, performing is not only a fulfillment of her aspirations to artistic excellence, not only an outlet for her avidly competitive desire to come out on top, but also a balm. Tito Capobianco has always been struck by the way she actually seems to yearn for the stage. Mama knows why. "When Beverly gets onstage," she says, "all her worries are behind...
...medical establishment, however, is not the only obstacle to community practice. Many idealistic young doctors who yearn to establish practices in rural areas fear being cut off from the advanced brand of medicine common to urban teaching hospitals. Others continue to cluster in the cities because there are few opportunities elsewhere. Of the 700 internships available annually in Illinois, fully 650 are in Chicago...
...money managers might well be envied by their secular counterparts. They do not have to show an immediate profit, pay few taxes, and do not have to report to shareholders. In addition, they have access to some of the best investment information because leading bankers and brokers yearn for the prestige of landing a Vatican account and send in all sorts of advice. The church also solicits advice through a select group that includes Morgan Guaranty Trust and Hambros Bank...
...some ways, many state and local governments outdid Congress. Though Maine and Vermont yearn for new industry and jobs, both states chose to risk scaring away developers by enacting new laws that, if enforced, firmly protect their largely unspoiled natural resources. Buffalo, N.Y., started to phase out the sale of leaded gasolines. Akron and New York's Suffolk County spotted a way to combat both the money shortage and water pollution. Instead of building costly new sewerage and treatment plants, they banned the sale of detergents containing phosphates, prime source of water contamination...
...Xuan Thuy will be delighted to receive 100 tons of mail requesting the release of American P.O.W.s. It will display how deeply Americans yearn for their release. Now Hanoi says that all P.O.W.s will be released-when and only when we get out of Viet Nam. Knowing the strength of American sentiment to have prisoners released will strengthen Hanoi's resolve: Hanoi will figure that when all Americans want the P.O.W.s released badly enough, they will get out of Viet...